Mary Wittenberg (center), president and CEO of the New York Road Runners, is flanked by New York City Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson (left) and George Hirsch, chairman of the board of the Road Runners (right), at a press conference yesterday.Photo: REUTERS

They don’t have a leg to stand on.

The clueless New York Road Runners sent out a crybaby letter to participants today, blaming the media coverage for causing the New York City Marathon to be cancelled.

“The decision was made after it became increasingly apparent that the people of our city and the surrounding tri-state area were still struggling to recover from the damage wrought by the recent extreme weather conditions,” the letter reads. “That struggle, fueled by the resulting extensive and growing media coverage antagonistic to the marathon and its participants, created conditions that raised concern for the safety of both those working to produce the event and its participants.”

The letter was emailed to 47,000 participants explaining how holding a 26.2-mile foot race through the five boroughs — while many sections of the city still suffer in misery caused by Hurricane Sandy — would have been completely acceptable.

“While holding the race would not have required diverting resources from the recovery effort, it became clear that the apparent widespread perception to the contrary had become the source of controversy and division. Neither NYRR nor the city could allow a controversy over the marathon to result in a dangerous situation or to distract attention from all the critically important work that is being done to help New York City recover from the storm,” the letter explains.

Mayor Bloomberg announced the race would be cancelled on Friday — after The Post shamed organizers and the city into realizing that essential resources that could be used elsewhere — were being secreted away for the event.